Ferris chooses Weisenburger from pool of three strong finalists

There is little question that Ferris State University had three strong finalists in its search for a new director of athletics, who will be Perk Weisenberger, associate athletics director for external operations at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas since 2005.

A knowledgeable and diverse (as far as areas of campus) search committee came up with three finalists for the position: Glen Krupica, senio

Jerry Scoby

r associate athletics director for external affairs at Northern Illinois University; Derek van der Merwe, senior associate athletics director at Central Michigan University; and Weisenburger. By the time the dust settled, it was Weisenburger who emerged as the new director of Athletics.

“Overall,
I was impressed with the breadth and depth of our pool of candidates
for this position and he emerged at the top of that list in the
process,” said Jerry Scoby, Ferris State's vice president for Administration and Finance.

Having
had a chance to meet with all three of the finalists, I found myself
very impressed with each of the three. In all likelihood, Ferris could
not have made a mistake with any of the three individuals who emerged
near the end of the process. In the time I was able to spend with each
of the three candidates, I would have been comfortable with any of the
three as the new face of the athletics department at FSU.

Krupica,
van der Merwe and Weisenburger each offered unique strengths and
specialties to the table – characteristics that emerged during the
process.

Looking closely at the candidates, however, one could
see the wide range of abilities in each of the three finalists –
precisely what Scoby has sought since the search commenced earlier this
summer.

This job had to be a good fit not only for Ferris, but also for the candidate.

In
that sense, Ferris could not have gone wrong in the search. In the end,
however, Ferris is confident it has selected the individual best suited
to lead FSU Athletics into the future.